We all understand employers chasing departing employees who downloaded company data on their way out the door. We all understand the interest in suing the disloyal rogues (from the employers’ perspective, at least). But do we want to “make a federal case out of it”? Should the feds be involved under these circumstances? When is federal criminal law […]
Check out the linked “Protocol Regarding Computer Assisted Review” (“CAR,” or “HAL”) from the multi-district litigation concerned “Bair [sic] Hugger Forced Air Warming Products,” currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota before U.S. District Court Judge Joan N. Ericksen. Technical experts could explain this “protocol” and its underlying methodology far better than I […]
Update (July 13, 2016): An Alabama plaintiff claiming to have been the victim of a tort by a Minnesota-based entity does not get the benefit of Minnesota’s six-year statute of limitation but, rather, must live (and his case must die) with his state’s two-year statute. Update (May 18, 2016): The original post, below, concerned a […]
Cary Schirmer noticed something on his back, a “lesion,” some time before November, 2010. He went to a doctor, Dr. Wagner, who diagnosed it as benign seborrheic keratosis (see an example to the left) and the Dr. Wagner removed it using liquid nitrogen. To the right, see examples of malignant melanoma. Note the image to the left, […]
Update (July 7, 2016): “Egg Executives Lose Appeal Over Prison Sentences.” Original post (October 16, 2015): The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and the vast majority of prisoners in the United States are in prison for non-violent offenses. Many people, world-wide, regard this as nothing less than a repugnant, shameful, […]
When I mention the color “orange,” I wonder how many people think of Cedar Valley Exteriors (CVE), which repairs roofs, siding, windows, and gutters. CVE holds two service marks (which are more or less like their more familiar sibling, trademarks) for “all shades of the color orange… in any article of clothing or any form of advertisement related to any […]
Update 2.0 (July 5, 2016): The sanction, discussed below, stands. Hennepin County Judge Mary Vasaly’s denial of the request to file a motion for consideration was terse: NO. Update (July 5, 2016): It is always a risky thing to ask judges to reverse themselves, which is what lawyers are doing when they ask for permission […]
